Nursing home residents' preferences on physician orders for life sustaining treatment

Gerontologist

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 714-722

  Rahman, Anna N ^a   Bressette, Matthew ^b   Gassoumis, Zachary D ^c   Enguidanos, Susan ^c  

^a Gerontological Research Consultant   (United States)

^b Gerontology Research Consultant   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Nursing homes; Patient preferences; Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment; Resident centered care

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 84983750763     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv019     Document Type: Article

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